Order repeat prescriptions by mobile phone

DigiTV, which runs 'Looking Local' interactive TV services, has joined with healthcare software company EMIS to enable patients to ofer repeat prescriptions through their mobile phone, digital TV or online. The service is available from around 1,400 surgeries using EMIS software, covering more than eight million patients. Looking Local is accessible free on Sky, Virgin and Freeview boxes with a modem or broadband connection. [DigiTV press release; EMIS press release]